Big Top by Rob Harrell for November 21, 2010

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Good Morning, Tribeandall!

Hi Big Brother :-)

Just popping in to say “Good Day” to all who will be here.

I have to tell you that you folks here at BT are amongst the neatest folks around! Thanks for all your good wishes.

Tomorrow will hopefully be a really good travel day, just rain in the forecast. Hopefully all the snow is behind us and tomorrow’s trip should only take about 7 hours. We will be visiting family and friends and should be able to visit with you folks, too!

Traffic is getting worse and worse. Have to go thru Vegas tomorrow….ugh!!!! At the California agriculture inspection station, they check to see if you are bringing in any infected produce…..well, I understand that they hand out Valium to out of state drivers to help them with the traffic!!!!!!!

Good Morning Little Sister!

I’ll have three oven fresh dounts (with chocolate icing if possible) and orange juice please.

Oh, Little Sis……could I have a piece of your award winning chocolate cake for dessert? Thanks!!!!!!!!!! (Had a piece yesterday, but no where’s as good as yours!!!!!)

Good Morning ♠Lonewolf♠!

Good Morningt Montana Lady! Watch out for the traffic!

Sojo and Montana Lady your orders are ready Enjoy the meal.

Thank you Little Sister.

Hi, Li’l Sister & Sojo!

I’m headed to the horizontal position. Catch y’all in the morn!

P&L

Have a great sleep Big Brother.

Have a good night ♠Lonewolf♠.

Another spectacular Goku avatar Sojo. :-)

Thank you Little Sister. I’m working on making square ones to fit maximum size and get a large group to rotate. A Lot of others (including you) have a lot of good ones. I’m staying with a Goku theme to help identify myself.

That’s a good idea Sojo. :-)

Time for my zzzzzz’s.

♪ P&L ♪ ≡≡ POOF! ≡≡

I too am turning in for the night.

Good Morning, Lii’ Sis, ♠Lonewolf♠, MontanaLady & Sojourner

Drive safely, MontanaLady.

Good Morning, Tribe!

Good Morning, Doc. How are you doing? Do you work tonight?

Sounds like a good deal, Doc. Enjoy the night off!

Today I have a brake job and power window motor to do for a customer. And of course football to be watched!

≡≡ P O P ! ≡≡ ♪ Good Morning TRIBE! ♪

Hello to all those here!

Good morning, Sojo

ping…ping…ping…

The water quietly parts as the SSBN Erehwon’s periscope, then con-tower rise up from the waters and the sleek sub glides into her dock. The bright green glow she once had is faded, but there are no dings, bumps or soot marks. In fact, everything’s so quiet they’ve had a chance to settle into their routines. Spammers beware, the crew of the SSBN Erehwon has morphed into a well oiled spam-fighting machine

The vessel secured the crew comes out of the sub, chattering excitedly amongst themselves. There is plenty to chatter about, they have just come in from a showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part one. and the air fills with animated discussions of the movie’s finer points

Last out is the Captain. Moorings are check and hatches secured, then it is time to hit the shore. Breakfast is available, and they have available split chicken breasts and assorted Rice-A-Ronis’. She laughs softly as she observes the longest line is at the huge pot (almost a vat!) of Doc Toon’s Nuclear Coffee and heads over the immensely shorter line for the Diet Dr. Pepper.

Good morning, Quaby

Hello ♠Lonewolf♠!

Hello Quaby - Thank you!

Good Monring, Doctor Toon, ♠Lonewolf♠, Sojourner & Quaby

Doc, won’t the Feds and State boys see most of that O.T. money?

Hello Doctor Toon and Grog!

I still remember those days of paid O.T., but that was such a long time ago.

Good afternoon: Lonewolf, Grog, Sojo, Doc, Quaby and all!

Hmm…our Little Sister a “bad girl”? Seems unlikely.

Hello Frankr!

Good Morning, Frankr

Sleep well, Doc

Good Afternoon Tribe

A fairly nice, calm week at work, though I did get an a–h–e at about 4:58 on Wednesday. I was trying to get the proper shipper from him and it kept going round and round. Finally I made the booking to check it out the next day. The next day came and it was canceled. Hmm, looks like my rat sniffer is still working. But I got 1/2 hour overtime, which will come out to be about 78 cents when the feds and state get done.

I scored 2 turkeys at 39 cents a pound. Two 15#ers one for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas. I need to start concentrating on the canned good at the store now, I don’t even have any beets left. Sniff. But it’ll get better, My hubby passed his coding class and is working on the next classes. Spring can’t come soon enough.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows is wonderful!! A friend let us use her card and we saw it at the IMAX. IT was really great! I think it was 3-D. My hubby says it wasn’t because we didn’t have to wear glasses, but I think the technology’s good enough to where we won’t need the glasses. Anyway, it was huge, wonderful and great!! Not too crowded either. I highly recommend the movie, especially to Potter fans.

Well time for me to assume the football viewing position. BBL.

Unlikely what, Hmm Frankr!

Hello Everybody. :-)

Doctor Toon - Sleep well.

Hello Little Sister!

You? A bad girl?? How could that be?

Why not! It’s kind of my thing right now.

Frankr, it is true! She even cut the tags off her mattress!

Little Sister, perhaps because you don’t knock people over to steal their wallets. You are nice to everyone who is nice to you. You are always willing and happy to help out with your family. You go out of your way to make people feel good about themselves. Should I go on?

You are making me blush Big Sister. :-)

So I ‘m a bad girl in a good kind of way.

Montana Lady, I keep getting the feeling that maybe I don’t want to know what yucky trafgic is like. I hope you have plenty to keep you entertained in the car. This is another place where dry erase markers on glass can be fun. Not only is it handy for keeping track of errands, people look at you really strange when they see you writing on the windows.

Hello Luv Is Duckie!

Good afternoon/morning, Frankr, Grog, Li’l Sister & Luved One!

Taking a coffee break from the car I am working on. A tad nippy out in the garage today. I have yet to fire up the heater in the garage this year.

Grog, Which game are you watching? I’ve got the Vikings/Packers game on with the Jets/Houston on the other channel.

Good Morning and Afternoon Everyone

Little Sister, I didn’t want to embarass you. Just let you know that you really are a good person, especially for someone your age who lives in a neighborhoood that is too dangerous to Trick-or-Treat in.

Back out to do some more damage. BBL

Have fun!

I do appreciate it Big Sister and I appreciate everyone here.

I’m watching the Cardinals vs. Chiefs. Chiefs just scored, it is 3 - 14.

(gagging and groaning noises)

Foo Ball!

Pawn Stars!!!

I’m to busy watching a movie.

Quaby?

What is/are Pawn Stars!!!?

Hi Little Sister, Sojo, Quaby, Frankr and Lonewolf

Aren’t those people that go to pawn shops to pawn off things for money.

Or am I thinking wrong.

♠Lonewolf♠, locally I’ve got Texans/Jets (what else) and Lions/Cowboys (who cares?). I’m switching back & forth between Packers/Vikings & Raiders/Steelers. Since both games are getting a little out of hand, I may be looking for another game of interest soon.

There are no games of interest for me today, Now Monday night is a different story, but of course it will just be another crummy blackout so who cares.

Back to the football viewing position

Tonight is supposed to be a blue moon, The only problem is the cloudy rainy weather, so I won’t be able to see it. Oh well life goes on.

Rain, rain go away! Come again some other day!

But … this is the other day!

What other day?

The day the rain was delayed to!

I have seen the blue moon before. I just like viewing wonders that seem rare.

I was naive enough to think the moon would be blue. But I got to see a full lunar eclipse when I was about 11-12, stayed up to see it with my friend, Cindy. It was spooky sitting on the curb looking up, and when it turned that rusty red it was scary at 4am in the morning. We dashed inside Cindy’s house and peered out the kitchen window at it. It was gorgeous. I had just had some teeth pulled the day before for my braces, 1 incisor, 1 canine and two premolars. Mom thought I was nuts, but I was keenly interested in space and such.

Grog - - - Well, I see I didn’t miss much as the Bears didn’t get any help from the Vikings! What a blow out. Put a fork in Favre. This may be it for his career.

And since it is icky outside………..

We picked out a headless lady, some snowmen, lights and fencing for our Christmas Graveyard. A creepy old abandoned building might be cool…..

♠Lonewolf♠, the Raiders/Steelers game I was watching has turned into an even bigger blow-out. I can’t say I’m happy about the outcome on that one either.

A blue moon? That only happens once in a… once in a….um…while.

It is raining with a touch of snow. Doc better wake up and fix this. Or was it Bmonk? One of them is responsible!

Form a lynch mob and hunt them down.

no snow. no football

Did you know it takes a lot more effort to catch a snowflake in your mouth, than between your eyes?

An LOL Happy Dance!

Thanks for the happy dance, Luv is Duckie

Little Sister I like once in a blue moon MOON too and a total eclipse of one like Quaby mentioned is awesome! I watched a total eclipse of the sun once…though not directly with my eyes….very eerie!

Yea Chiefs! SoJo

Glad to hear from Montana Lady

I think I mentioned I would be in KC to attend a basketball tournament Monday and Tuesday so be kind to each other as usual. I am excited to see Duke play LIVE at the Sprint center! We will also enjoy the other teams. Good test for the Blue Devils. (Name of WWI flying aces they adopted)

I’ve seen Total lunar eclipse but never a solar eclipse.

You are probably not old enough! I think another is scheduled to occur in 20 years….I may miss that one?? : )

Lonewolf I will just say “da BEARS” *:)

Hello HopeandJoy!

Sojo Looking good in your Sunday best.

How are you today HopeandJoy?

Good evening, tribe! I remember viewing a total solar eclipse 15+ years ago. My hubby has a welding helmet that we could use to look at it directly, which was great, especially to show my two sons who were pre-school age at the time.

I have a friend helping me clean out my dryer vent. The dryer is in the basement. A shop vacuum hooks up to it down there and he has a special tool for a drill to go into the vent from the outside to clean it out. It works good and fast!

Hello Rmom!

Hi, Sojo! - Sounds like a great system! I bought a shop vac several years ago, and they sure come in handy every once in a while. We have a whole house vacuum system, and so did my mom. Shop vacs come in handy to suck stuff back out that get stuck in those systems. I also own two drills - one corded and one cordless. (That’s not counting however many my hubby has.)

I saw this article today. It is about a car that can fly, float, drive on highway or off-road. That would really be great to have! Of course, I don’t happen to have a spare $80,000 to buy one, but I can dream, can’t I?

Hi Rmom :-)

Hi and Bye Doc. :-)

Rmom I recently saw that on the news.

I hope everyone’s favorite teams won the football, I guess.

Hi and Bye Doctor Toon.

Company just left. Thanks for the link Rmom.

Hi, Doc, Lil’ Sis & Frankr! Lil’ Sis - That was the first I’ve heard of it, but could see where it would really come in handy. Frankr - No foo ball in this house. I just slipped away to finish reading a very interesting book. “The Twelfth Imam” by Joel Rosenberg. It is the first in a new series by him, it will be hard to wait for the next book to come out.

Sojo - Was he successful in getting the dryer vent unclogged? I’m glad you enjoyed the link, I thought it was interesting.

Rmom - Since everything went so easy he didn’t think the vent was getting clogged and something else was wrong with the dryer. After explaining everything to him he looked inside the shop vac and it was full of lent! Dryer should be fine now. I’ve been here about 25 years now and about half that time ago I started having dryer trouble and I fixed it by cleaning the vent. I had to shake it all out then creating a hugh mess! This time it was quick and simple.

I’ve noticed that seems to be a common problem with dryers. I had to buy a new one not too long ago. At the time, I replaced our flexible duct with a rigid one, per the dryer instruction booklet. I do think it will be less likely to clog up than the flexible type.

I didn’t watch football either. Just didn’t feel like it.

Finally I am done. I did the front brakes, pads and rotors. I was pumping up the brakes before going on a test drive and the pedal just sank to the floor. One of the brake lines split. It was rusty as all get out. It’s a 1994 Chrysler with a gazillion miles so it’s not a surprising result, just one I wasn’t counting on! At least I can watch the game this evening. :^)

BTW………………………..

Good Evening, Tribe!

Every time I do a load of clothes I alway check the vent, before and after.

Hi, Wolfie! At least the brake line split then, rather than when the owner was driving it. I presume you can replace that?

And if I have trouble I get my dad to check it out, One time it wasn’t the vent because the dryer would not heat up and dry the clothes.

Rmom - That’s true. Do to the plumbing, floor joists, air ducts and wires I felt it would be too hard to try to put in rigid vent pipe but maybe I should of tried harder. The external vent was almost blocked by everything else.

I believe it was a thermostat problem.

Lil’ Sis - I always empty the lint off of the filter after each load, too. We’re talking about between that screen and the place the hot air exits the building. This involves disconnecting the hose from the back of the dryer - not something one does after each load.

Hi, Rmom, Li’l Sister & Sojo!

Rmom, I’ve already replace the bad section of line and bled the system and test drove it. I’m waiting on the customer to pick it up now.

♠Lonewolf♠ - When I was a new driver I bought an old car and had the break line split like that while I was driving. I was able to get stopped before having a wreak. It was just before getting on a fast highway.

Lil’ Sis - Thermostats, heating elements, belts, timers, etc. - there’s plenty of stuff that can break on a dryer. Sojo - If your dryer is in the basement, I can see where that could make a long path to the outdoors. Since I designed our house, I put the laundry room on the 2nd floor (closer to the planned bedrooms) against the north exterior wall (back side of the house).

I clean the filter after every load I dry but after several years what gets through the filter gets stuck on the flexable hose and builds up. I have replaced a bad heating element for a friend but I have a gas dryer so I knew that couldn’t be going out.

Wolfie - Good job! I didn’t know how long a task like that would take.

Sojo - I’m not as familar with gas dryers. My folks had them at the old house, but I’ve never owned one.

Well, time for me to wrap things up for the night. Good night!

Oh ! I see now Rmom thank you for clearing that up for me.

:-)

Good Night Rmom - Have a good evening and sleep well.

Good night Rmom.

Hi Bye RMom Enjoyed all the shopvac, dryer, car repair talk with scattered lint removal from one or the other. *: ) Have a good evening.

Little Sis Thank you for asking…I have had a good day. Just ran a load of clothes and they are drying. My sickly cat is better and I am thankful.

If I have time, I will check in tomorrow before leaving. I don’t have a laptop to take with me.

Have a good evening and a good time if I don’t get to say hi before then HopeandJoy!

Good Evening, Tribeandall ♠Lonewolf♠, tonight’s game promises to be very entertaining. For me the late games turned out much better than the early games.

Sorry I missed you Rmom. My customer showed up and picked up their car. It takes two to three hours depending on where you’re replacing the section at. It took me 2 hours because I needed to flare the remaining end that I cut and adapt a bubble flare section in at the rear hose fitting. Good Night & rest well, Lady!

Hi, HopeandJoy!

Sojo, you were lucky that you did not have an accident.

Grog, I am really sorry that I missed the Colts/Patriots game. It was exciting by all accounts.

I have the week off from work.

POP Just wanted you to be sure and have your alarms set for August 17, 2017 for the next total eclipse of the Sun in America. I don’t want to miss it either!!

POp out

Thats a long time away. :-)

Sure is. I may not even be among the living then. Heck, we could all be gone tomorrow.

Yeah, isn’t something supposed to happen in 2012? :^)

Isn’t it suppose to be the end of the world in 2012?

Heheh! Something like that. On the Mayan calendar I think.

I wouldn’t trust those calendars.

Now if ther were some truth to it, I’d say break out the KFC, the 3-egg omellettes and everthing else that tastes good.

That is….according to my taste buds. Chocoate never did taste good to me….Blech!

I’m not big on chocolate, but I’m not big on many sweets either. Chocolate is okay I guess.

I’m not big on chocolate, but I’m not big on many sweets either. Chocolate is okay I guess.

I like my cheese cake (not chocolate) peanutbutter cookies & cups and maybe some gourmet cookies I used to get in Montreal. That’s about it.

I want chocolate. I haven’t had any for an entire month.

I also want butter cookies.

I bet that’s just dripping in cholesterol & sat fats.

But it is Sooooooo Delicious.

Cheesecake is one of my favorites.

Salerno butter cookies are pretty good!

Almost anything that has a buttery taste is good.

I exclude green beens and spinache from that. Nothing can make either of them taste good.

Vick got a pretty good stick there.

I like almost everything, even things i use to not like. Of course, the things I use to like I enjoy even more now!

There must be something you don’t like. Sojourner. But I I’m also a pretty picky eater.

Boy the Cowboys are going to have their hands full when they finally get to play the Eagles (twice).

I have to admit I don’t like something rotten. I like variety - weather, light, etc. and that now seems to be with food as well. I’m sure I could find somethings I don’t like but I’ll try about anything. One thing I tried a long time ago I couldn’t force myself to eat much, but to protect everyone I won’t tell what it was. :-)

The Bears have the honors next week with the Eagles.

Chocolate covered flies, Sojourner?

Yeah, I know, ♠Lonewolf♠. And the NFL has moved it to the late afternoon game.

I’ll be watching it for sure.

I’d like to try chocolate covered crickets or ants (ants without chocolate are good). Now I’d think about what diseases flies might carry. If deep fried first before coated with chocolate I’d try it.

I don’t think much of the Bears chances though. They’ll have to bring their AA game.

You know I’ll be watching it, Grog.

Don’t wake a sleeping Giant? They’re finally in the lead!!!

Are you trying to make me sick, Sojourner? If so, it’s working.

Yeah and my fantasy team opponent has E Manning as his QB. :^(

Not looking good for my team!

Who do you have?

EEEW! Sojo. That sounds

That’s why I won’t mention some things. :-)

I have a cousin-in-law that grew up in Africa (her dad taught there for a while). At the time of year when ants were flying school would let out so the kids could catch and eat them. The were sweet having a lot of sugar content. In that culture it was just normal. Some ants in the US desert are prized for their sweet taste as well.

I’m sure even the Duckie One won’t like that even though it’s covered in chocolate.

You can have them, Sojourner. I won’t try to take them from you.

That sounds like bird food to me.

During some of my special military training, we had to eat “off the land” which also included various bugs and such.

Well you certainly can’t be choosy in the military. But from what I’ve heard, eating bugs is no different from eating army chow.

I’m quit curious so I’d like to try almost anythiing just to see what it’s like. After having bad food poisoning a few times though I also like to add common sense to the equation.

LOL - - Pretty much the same, Grog.

Well, now that the game’s over, I’m calling it a night.

Gunite, Tribeandall

Good Night Grog.

Good night Grog.

I know that certain tribal people would eat things like bugs, spiders and whatever else..

I don’t know it just seems icky.

If you not use to it or it’s not part of your culture that’s just natural.

I’d have to be put in a situation where survival was important for me to even consider something like that.

Pop in

On my way through to sleep…My nephew ate a grasshopper RAW for 50 cents once!

I do not like brussel sprouts but will eat 3 if I have to!

POP OUT

I’m going to retire for the night, because my back is really hurting right now. so good night everyone.

Good Night Little Sister.

Good night, Li’l Sister & Grog.